Generating personalized map interface with enhanced icons

ABSTRACT

Method of generating personalized map interfaces with enhanced icons starts with a processor receiving from a first client device location information including location of first client device. Processor causes map interface to be displayed on first client device that includes a first avatar at a location on the map interface based on the location information and an icon corresponding to an establishment. The processor causes the icon to change to an enhanced icon in response to receiving a first selection from the first client device that indicates a request to save the establishment in a database associated with the first user or determining that the establishment is saved in a database associated with a second user that is associated with the first user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.17/575,485, filed Jan. 13, 2022, which application is a continuation ofU.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/368,405, filed Mar. 28, 2019, whichare incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.

BACKGROUND

The popularity of electronic messaging, particularly instant messaging,continues to grow. Users increasingly share media content items such aselectronic images and videos with each other, reflecting a global demandto communicate more visually.

Users also increasingly use customized avatars that can be personalizedto represent the users in various applications, video games, messagingservices, etc. Since the customized avatars can be generated in adifferent array of situations, displaying various emotions, or even beanimated, the users are able to communicate their feelings and actionsmore accurately in the systems using the customized avatars.

With the increasing number of users on social networking systems, eachuser also has a growing network of individuals that she follows.Therefore, in order to maintain the user's engagement on socialnetworking systems, it is paramount that the systems have the ability topresent to each user the media content items that are most interestingor relevant to her. In addition to the need to curate the media contentitems, the social networking systems are also presented with thechallenge of providing a graphical user interface that captivates theuser's attention and allows her to view the curated media content itemsand further interact the network of individuals that she follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numeralsmay describe similar components in different views. Like numerals havingdifferent letter suffixes may represent different instances of similarcomponents. Some embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and notlimitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example messaging system forexchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a network.

FIG. 2 is block diagram illustrating further details regarding amessaging system, according to exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating data which may be stored inthe database of the messaging server system, according to variousexemplary embodiments.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary flow diagram of a process according to variousaspects of the disclosure.

FIGS. 5A-5D are exemplary interfaces according to various aspects of thedisclosure.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a representative softwarearchitecture, which may be used in conjunction with various hardwarearchitectures herein described.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine,according to some exemplary embodiments, able to read instructions froma machine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) andperform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The description that follows includes systems, methods, techniques,instruction sequences, and computing machine program products thatembody illustrative embodiments of the disclosure. In the followingdescription, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific detailsare set forth in order to provide an understanding of variousembodiments of the inventive subject matter. It will be evident,however, to those skilled in the art, that embodiments of the inventivesubject matter may be practiced without these specific details. Ingeneral, well-known instruction instances, protocols, structures, andtechniques are not necessarily shown in detail.

Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve thefunctionality of electronic messaging software and systems by generatinga map interface that is personalized to the user. Currently, users canconsult maps to visually locate given establishments (e.g., restaurants,bars, gyms, etc.) and obtain the coordinates or address of theestablishments. These current maps are generally identical for each userthat consults the map.

As an improvement, in some embodiments, each user's map interface can bepersonalized based on the user's habits and visits to specificestablishments. For example, the map interface can include avatars ofthe user and the user's friends (e.g., connections on a social network,contacts in the user's mobile device, etc.) at locations on the mapinterface that corresponds to their current locations, respectively. Themap interface can also include icons associated with establishments thatare private spaces or public spaces. When a user saves an establishmentvia the map interface, the icon associated with the saved establishmentcan change into an enhanced icon. For example, the icon can be atwo-dimensional image and the enhanced icon can be a three-dimensionalimage. In one embodiment, the enhanced icon can be a larger, moredetailed version of the icon or an animated version of the icon. Thesystem can also personalize the user's map interface automatically basedon determining that a user frequents an establishment regularly. Thesystem can also determine that an establishment should be recommended tothe user based on the similarity to other establishments that were savedby the user on the map interface. The system can also determine that anestablishment should be recommended to the user based on locations thatthe user's friends have saved on their map interfaces or that arepreviously recommended to the user's friends. The system can thuspersonalize the user's map interface automatically by generating anenhanced icon for the establishment that it is recommending. By engagingwith the system, the user's map will, over time, include a growingnumber of enhanced icons such that the user can visually assess thelocations of his preferred establishments or establishments that wererecommended to him by his friends or by the system. The system thusimproves the operation of a client device by generating a map interfacewhich provides efficient use of screen resources (e.g., icons, enhancedicons, avatars, etc.) and reduces interface actions and operations toaccess information that is provided visually. This improvement also willincrease the engagement of users with the system to further developtheir map interface and to view and interact with the automaticenhancements that are added by the system to their map interface.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example messaging system 100 forexchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a network.The messaging system 100 includes multiple client devices 102, each ofwhich hosts a number of applications including a messaging clientapplication 104. Each messaging client application 104 iscommunicatively coupled to other instances of the messaging clientapplication 104 and a messaging server system 108 via a network 106(e.g., the Internet). As used herein, the term “client device” may referto any machine that interfaces to a communications network (such asnetwork 106) to obtain resources from one or more server systems orother client devices. A client device may be, but is not limited to, amobile phone, desktop computer, laptop, portable digital assistants(PDAs), smart phones, tablets, ultra books, netbooks, laptops,multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumerelectronics, game consoles, set-top boxes, or any other communicationdevice that a user may use to access a network.

In the example shown in FIG. 1 , each messaging client application 104is able to communicate and exchange data with another messaging clientapplication 104 and with the messaging server system 108 via the network106. The data exchanged between messaging client applications 104, andbetween a messaging client application 104 and the messaging serversystem 108, includes functions (e.g., commands to invoke functions) aswell as payload data (e.g., text, audio, video or other multimediadata).

The network 106 may include, or operate in conjunction with, an ad hocnetwork, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), alocal area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wide area network(WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), theInternet, a portion of the Internet, a portion of the Public SwitchedTelephone Network (PSTN), a plain old telephone service (POTS) network,a cellular telephone network, a wireless network, a Wi-Fi® network,another type of network, or a combination of two or more such networks.For example, a network or a portion of a network may include a wirelessor cellular network and the coupling may be a Code Division MultipleAccess (CDMA) connection, a Global System for Mobile communications(GSM) connection, or other type of cellular or wireless coupling. Inthis example, the coupling may implement any of a variety of types ofdata transfer technology, such as Single Carrier Radio TransmissionTechnology (1×RTT), Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO) technology, GeneralPacket Radio Service (GPRS) technology, Enhanced Data rates for GSMEvolution (EDGE) technology, third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)including 3G, fourth generation wireless (4G) networks, Universal MobileTelecommunications System (UMTS), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA),Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Long TermEvolution (LTE) standard, others defined by various standard settingorganizations, other long range protocols, or other data transfertechnology.

The messaging server system 108 provides server-side functionality viathe network 106 to a particular messaging client application 104. Whilecertain functions of the messaging system 100 are described herein asbeing performed by either a messaging client application 104 or by themessaging server system 108, it will be appreciated that the location ofcertain functionality either within the messaging client application 104or the messaging server system 108 is a design choice. For example, itmay be technically preferable to initially deploy certain technology andfunctionality within the messaging server system 108, but to latermigrate this technology and functionality to the messaging clientapplication 104 where a client device 102 has a sufficient processingcapacity.

The messaging server system 108 supports various services and operationsthat are provided to the messaging client application 104. Suchoperations include transmitting data to, receiving data from, andprocessing data generated by the messaging client application 104. Thisdata may include, message content, client device information,geolocation information, media annotation and overlays, message contentpersistence conditions, social network information, and live eventinformation, as examples. Data exchanges within the messaging system 100are invoked and controlled through functions available via userinterfaces (UIs) of the messaging client application 104.

Turning now specifically to the messaging server system 108, anApplication Program Interface (API) server 110 is coupled to, andprovides a programmatic interface to, an application server 112. Theapplication server 112 is communicatively coupled to a database server118, which facilitates access to a database 120 in which is stored dataassociated with messages processed by the application server 112.

Dealing specifically with the Application Program Interface (API) server110, this server receives and transmits message data (e.g., commands andmessage payloads) between the client device 102 and the applicationserver 112. Specifically, the Application Program Interface (API) server110 provides a set of interfaces (e.g., routines and protocols) that canbe called or queried by the messaging client application 104 in order toinvoke functionality of the application server 112. The ApplicationProgram Interface (API) server 110 exposes various functions supportedby the application server 112, including account registration, loginfunctionality, the sending of messages, via the application server 112,from a particular messaging client application 104 to another messagingclient application 104, the sending of media files (e.g., images orvideo) from a messaging client application 104 to the messaging serverapplication 114, and for possible access by another messaging clientapplication 104, the setting of a collection of media data (e.g.,story), the retrieval of a list of friends of a user of a client device102, the retrieval of such collections, the retrieval of messages andcontent, the adding and deletion of friends to a social graph, thelocation of friends within a social graph, opening and application event(e.g., relating to the messaging client application 104).

The application server 112 hosts a number of applications andsubsystems, including a messaging server application 114, an imageprocessing system 116 and a social network system 122. The messagingserver application 114 implements a number of message processingtechnologies and functions, particularly related to the aggregation andother processing of content (e.g., textual and multimedia contentincluding images and video clips) included in messages received frommultiple instances of the messaging client application 104. As will bedescribed in further detail, the text and media content from multiplesources may be aggregated into collections of content (e.g., calledstories or galleries). These collections are then made available, by themessaging server application 114, to the messaging client application104. Other processor and memory intensive processing of data may also beperformed server-side by the messaging server application 114, in viewof the hardware requirements for such processing.

The application server 112 also includes an image processing system 116that is dedicated to performing various image processing operations,typically with respect to images or video received within the payload ofa message at the messaging server application 114.

The social network system 122 supports various social networkingfunctions services and makes these functions and services available tothe messaging server application 114. To this end, the social networksystem 122 maintains and accesses an entity graph 304 within thedatabase 120. Examples of functions and services supported by the socialnetwork system 122 include the identification of other users of themessaging system 100 with which a particular user has relationships oris “following”, and also the identification of other entities andinterests of a particular user.

The application server 112 is communicatively coupled to a databaseserver 118, which facilitates access to a database 120 in which isstored data associated with messages processed by the messaging serverapplication 114.

Some embodiments may include one or more wearable devices, such as apendant with an integrated camera that is integrated with, incommunication with, or coupled to, a client device 102. Any desiredwearable device may be used in conjunction with the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, such as a watch, eyeglasses, goggles, a headset, awristband, earbuds, clothing (such as a hat or jacket with integratedelectronics), a clip-on electronic device, and/or any other wearabledevices.

FIG. 2 is block diagram illustrating further details regarding themessaging system 100, according to exemplary embodiments. Specifically,the messaging system 100 is shown to comprise the messaging clientapplication 104 and the application server 112, which in turn embody anumber of some subsystems, namely an ephemeral timer system 202, acollection management system 204 and an annotation system 206.

The ephemeral timer system 202 is responsible for enforcing thetemporary access to content permitted by the messaging clientapplication 104 and the messaging server application 114. To this end,the ephemeral timer system 202 incorporates a number of timers that,based on duration and display parameters associated with a message, orcollection of messages (e.g., a story), selectively display and enableaccess to messages and associated content via the messaging clientapplication 104.

The collection management system 204 is responsible for managingcollections of media (e.g., collections of text, image video and audiodata). In some examples, a collection of content (e.g., messages,including images, video, text and audio) may be organized into an “eventgallery” or an “event story.” Such a collection may be made availablefor a specified time period, such as the duration of an event to whichthe content relates. For example, content relating to a music concertmay be made available as a “story” for the duration of that musicconcert. The collection management system 204 may also be responsiblefor publishing an icon that provides notification of the existence of aparticular collection to the user interface of the messaging clientapplication 104.

The collection management system 204 furthermore includes a curationinterface 208 that allows a collection manager to manage and curate aparticular collection of content. For example, the curation interface208 enables an event organizer to curate a collection of contentrelating to a specific event (e.g., delete inappropriate content orredundant messages). Additionally, the collection management system 204employs machine vision (or image recognition technology) and contentrules to automatically curate a content collection. In certainembodiments, compensation may be paid to a user for inclusion of usergenerated content into a collection. In such cases, the curationinterface 208 operates to automatically make payments to such users forthe use of their content.

The annotation system 206 provides various functions that enable a userto annotate or otherwise modify or edit media content associated with amessage. For example, the annotation system 206 provides functionsrelated to the generation and publishing of media overlays for messagesprocessed by the messaging system 100. The annotation system 206operatively supplies a media overlay (e.g., a filter) to the messagingclient application 104 based on a geolocation of the client device 102.In another example, the annotation system 206 operatively supplies amedia overlay to the messaging client application 104 based on otherinformation, such as, social network information of the user of theclient device 102. A media overlay may include audio and visual contentand visual effects. Examples of audio and visual content includepictures, texts, logos, animations, and sound effects. An example of avisual effect includes color overlaying. The audio and visual content orthe visual effects can be applied to a media content item (e.g., aphoto) at the client device 102. For example, the media overlayincluding text that can be overlaid on top of a photograph generatedtaken by the client device 102. In another example, the media overlayincludes an identification of a location overlay (e.g., Venice beach), aname of a live event, or a name of a merchant overlay (e.g., BeachCoffee House). In another example, the annotation system 206 uses thegeolocation of the client device 102 to identify a media overlay thatincludes the name of a merchant at the geolocation of the client device102. The media overlay may include other indicia associated with themerchant. The media overlays may be stored in the database 120 andaccessed through the database server 118.

In one exemplary embodiment, the annotation system 206 provides auser-based publication platform that enables users to select ageolocation on a map, and upload content associated with the selectedgeolocation. The user may also specify circumstances under which aparticular media overlay should be offered to other users. Theannotation system 206 generates a media overlay that includes theuploaded content and associates the uploaded content with the selectedgeolocation.

In another exemplary embodiment, the annotation system 206 provides amerchant-based publication platform that enables merchants to select aparticular media overlay associated with a geolocation via a biddingprocess. For example, the annotation system 206 associates the mediaoverlay of a highest bidding merchant with a corresponding geolocationfor a predefined amount of time

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram 300 illustrating data 300 which may bestored in the database 120 of the messaging server system 108, accordingto certain exemplary embodiments. While the content of the database 120is shown to comprise a number of tables, it will be appreciated that thedata could be stored in other types of data structures (e.g., as anobject-oriented database).

The database 120 includes message data stored within a message table314. The entity table 302 stores entity data, including an entity graph304. Entities for which records are maintained within the entity table302 may include individuals, corporate entities, organizations, objects,places, events etc. Regardless of type, any entity regarding which themessaging server system 108 stores data may be a recognized entity. Eachentity is provided with a unique identifier, as well as an entity typeidentifier (not shown).

The entity graph 304 furthermore stores information regardingrelationships and associations between entities. Such relationships maybe social, professional (e.g., work at a common corporation ororganization) interested-based or activity-based, merely for example.

The database 120 also stores annotation data, in the example form offilters, in an annotation table 312. Filters for which data is storedwithin the annotation table 312 are associated with and applied tovideos (for which data is stored in a video table 310) and/or images(for which data is stored in an image table 308). Filters, in oneexample, are overlays that are displayed as overlaid on an image orvideo during presentation to a recipient user. Filters may be of variestypes, including a user-selected filters from a gallery of filterspresented to a sending user by the messaging client application 104 whenthe sending user is composing a message. Other types of filers includegeolocation filters (also known as geo-filters) which may be presentedto a sending user based on geographic location. For example, geolocationfilters specific to a neighborhood or special location may be presentedwithin a user interface by the messaging client application 104, basedon geolocation information determined by a GPS unit of the client device102. Another type of filer is a data filer, which may be selectivelypresented to a sending user by the messaging client application 104,based on other inputs or information gathered by the client device 102during the message creation process. Example of data filters includecurrent temperature at a specific location, a current speed at which asending user is traveling, battery life for a client device 102 or thecurrent time.

Other annotation data that may be stored within the image table 308 isso-called “lens” data. A “lens” may be a real-time special effect andsound that may be added to an image or a video.

As mentioned above, the video table 310 stores video data which, in oneembodiment, is associated with messages for which records are maintainedwithin the message table 314. Similarly, the image table 308 storesimage data associated with messages for which message data is stored inthe entity table 302. The entity table 302 may associate variousannotations from the annotation table 312 with various images and videosstored in the image table 308 and the video table 310.

A story table 306 stores data regarding collections of messages andassociated image, video or audio data, which are compiled into acollection (e.g., a story or a gallery). The creation of a particularcollection may be initiated by a particular user (e.g., each user forwhich a record is maintained in the entity table 302). A user may createa “personal story” in the form of a collection of content that has beencreated and sent/broadcast by that user. To this end, the user interfaceof the messaging client application 104 may include an icon that is userselectable to enable a sending user to add specific content to his orher personal story.

A collection may also constitute a “live story,” which is a collectionof content from multiple users that is created manually, automaticallyor using a combination of manual and automatic techniques. For example,a “live story” may constitute a curated stream of user-submitted contentfrom varies locations and events. Users, whose client devices havelocation services enabled and are at a common location event at aparticular time may, for example, be presented with an option, via auser interface of the messaging client application 104, to contributecontent to a particular live story. The live story may be identified tothe user by the messaging client application 104, based on his or herlocation. The end result is a “live story” told from a communityperspective.

A further type of content collection is known as a “location story”,which enables a user whose client device 102 is located within aspecific geographic location (e.g., on a college or university campus)to contribute to a particular collection. In some embodiments, acontribution to a location story may require a second degree ofauthentication to verify that the end user belongs to a specificorganization or other entity (e.g., is a student on the universitycampus).

As used herein, an “electronic message” may refer to any message inelectronic form, such as an email, a short message service (SMS)message, a multimedia message service (MMS) message, an instant message(IM), Internet Relay Chat (IRC) messages, as well as any other form ofreal-time, near-real-time, synchronous, or asynchronous electronicmessaging format. Embodiments of the present disclosure may generate andpresent customized images for use within electronic messages such as SMSor MMS texts and emails. The customized images may also be utilized inconjunction with the stories, filters, and ephemeral messagingfunctionality discussed herein.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary flow diagram of a process according to variousaspects of the disclosure. Although the flowchart may describe theoperations as a sequential process, many of the operations can beperformed in parallel or concurrently. In addition, the order of theoperations may be re-arranged. A process is terminated when itsoperations are completed. A process may correspond to a method, aprocedure, etc. The steps of method may be performed in whole or inpart, may be performed in conjunction with some or all of the steps inother methods, and may be performed by any number of different systems,such as the systems described in FIG. 1 and/or FIG. 7 .

FIG. 4 depicts an exemplary process 400 of generating a personalized mapinterface with enhanced icons according to various aspects of thepresent disclosure. The process 400 may be performed by a processorincluded in the application server of the messaging server system or bya processor included in a client device.

At operation 401 of process in FIG. 4 , the processor receives from afirst client device associated with a first user a location informationthat includes a location of the first client device. The locationinformation can be received from a location sensor included in the firstclient device. For example, the first client device may include a GPSunit that provides coordinates of the location of the first clientdevice to the processor.

At operation 402, the processor causes a map interface to be displayedon the first client device. The map interface can include an avatar ofthe first user at a location on the map display based on the locationinformation and an icon corresponding to an establishment.

As used herein, an “avatar” of a user is any visual representation ofuser. The avatar of a user or individual may be any image resembling orotherwise associated with the user or individual. The avatar of a usermay be based on characteristics derived from images of the user inconjunction with the avatar characteristics identified from the user'srelationships with other users. Alternatively or additionally, the usermay select and customize characteristics of the user's avatar via theuser's computing device (i.e., customized avatar characteristics). Suchcustomized avatar characteristics may include, for example, the user'sbodily features (e.g., muscular, thin, etc.), facial features, clothingand accessories, text displayed in conjunction with the avatar, andimages displayed in conjunction with the avatar. The avatarcharacteristics may be received or retrieved from a variety of sources,such as the local memory of a client device 102 as well as from othersystems and devices, such as a database or server.

At operation 403, the processor causes the icon included in the mapinterface to change to an enhanced icon. In one embodiment, each of theestablishments that are located within the map interface are associatedwith an icon. For example, the icon associated with a pizza restaurantcan be a pizza slice. The pizza slice icon is included in the mapinterface at the location corresponding to the location of the pizzarestaurant. In one embodiment, the icon is a two-dimensional imagewhereas the enhanced icon is a three-dimensional image. The processorcan cause the icon to change to the enhanced icon in response toreceiving a first selection from the first client device that indicatesa request to save the establishment in a database associated with thefirst user. For example, the database associated with the first user caninclude a list of favorite establishments. The list of favoriteestablishments can be a list of establishments that have been previouslysaved by the first user via the map interface. In one embodiment, thelist of favorite establishments can include establishments that havebeen previously saved by a second user. The second user can beassociated to the first user in the messaging system 100 (e.g., friends,connections, followers, etc.).

In one embodiment, the processor can also cause the icon to change tothe enhanced icon at operation 403 in response to the processordetermining that the establishment is saved in a database associatedwith the second user that is associated with the first user. Forexample, the database associated with the second user can include a listof establishments that were previously saved by the second user via thesecond user's map interface. In one embodiment, the system causes thesecond client device to display a map interface that is personalized forthe second user. The map interface displayed on the second client deviceincludes a second user's avatar and enhanced icons for establishmentsthat are in the second user's list of favorite establishments.

FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate examples of map interface 500 that is displayedon the first client device. FIGS. 5A-5B illustrate examples of the mapinterface 500 when the processor automatically adds an establishment tothe first user's database and causes the map interface 500 to include anenhanced icon associated with the establishment. In this embodiment, theprocessor performs the updates to the map interface without thereceiving the inputs from the first client device. FIGS. 5C-5Dillustrates examples of the map interface 500 when the processorreceives a selection from the first client device requesting to save theestablishment to the first user's database and in response, causes themap interface 500 to include an enhanced icon associated with theestablishment.

In FIG. 5A, an example of a map interface 500 that is displayed on thefirst client device is illustrated. The map interface 500 includes afirst avatar 501 associated with the user of the first client device(“first user”), and a plurality of avatars 502_1 to 502_N (N>1)associated with users of other client devices that are connected to thefirst user on the messaging system.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the first avatar 501 is illustrated at the locationon the map interface 500 that corresponds to the current location of thefirst client device. The processor uses the location informationreceived at Block 401 in FIG. 4 to determine the location of the mapinterface 500 at which to place the first user's avatar 501. Similarly,the avatars 502_1 to 502_N are illustrated on the map interface atlocations corresponding to the locations of their client devices. Theavatars 502_1 to 502_N do not appear in the map interface 500 when thelocations corresponding to the locations of their client devices are notwithin the current view of the map interface 500. For example, the mapinterface 500 includes a view of a portion of Manhattan, New York. Usersthat are associated with the first user but that are located inBrooklyn, New York, are outside of the current view of the map interface500 such that their avatars do not appear on the current view of the mapinterface 500. While not shown, the avatars 502_1 to 502_N can beillustrated in a cluster of avatars which indicates that the usersassociated with clustered avatars are currently assembled together atthe location corresponding to the location on the map interface 500.

The map interface 500 includes an enhanced icon 503 associated with anestablishment (e.g., “The Saratoga” in FIG. 5B). The enhanced icon 503appears at a location on the map interface 500 that corresponds to theaddress of the establishment (e.g., “1473 W 34th Street, New York” inFIGS. 5C-5D). While the establishment in FIGS. 5A-5D is a restaurant,the establishments associated with icons and enhanced icons in the mapinterface 500 can be any private or public space. For example, theestablishment can be a restaurant, a bar, a museum, a venue, a movietheatre, a theatre, a school, a gym, a dance studio, a yoga studio, anational park, a ski resort, or a park.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the processor can automatically cause the mapinterface 500 to include the enhanced icon associated with “TheSaratoga” establishment. For example, the processor can determine thatthe first user has frequented the establishment predetermined number oftimes or at a predetermined frequency and in response, the processor canautomatically cause the map interface to include the enhanced iconassociated with the establishment.

FIG. 5B illustrates a map interface 500 including an establishmentdetail interface. When the first user selects the enhanced icon 503 onfrom the map interface 500, the processor receives the selection of theenhanced icon 503 from the first client device. In response theprocessor causes the establishment detail interface to be displayed onthe first client device. As shown in FIG. 5B, the establishment detailinterface can include, for example, a name of the establishment (e.g.,“The Saratoga”) and a message 504 indicating why the establishment isrecommended to the first user (e.g. “Most Visited Restaurant”). When theprocessor determines that the establishment should be recommended to thefirst user because a second user that is associated with the first userin the messaging system has the establishment saved in the second user'sdatabase, the message 504 can indicate the establishment as arecommendation based on the second user (e.g., “Second User's FavoriteRestaurant”). The processor can also determine that the establishmentshould be recommended based on the establishment being saved by apredetermined number of users that are associated with the first user.The message 504 can indicate, for example, “Ten of your friends havefavorited”.

The establishment details interface can include an identity card 505associated with the establishment. The identity card 505 can include thename of the establishment, a type of establishment (e.g., “AmericanRestaurant”), the price level associated with the restaurant (e.g.,“$$”), a selectable save image 508, and a selectable preview 507. Theprocessor having automatically saved the establishment for the firstuser in FIG. 5B will cause the selectable save image 508 in FIG. 5B toappear activated (e.g., the selectable save image 508 is a filled imageof a star). When the first user selects the selectable preview 507, theprocessor causes the first client device to display media content itemsthat are associated with the establishment. For example, a collection ofthe media content items (e.g., pictures, videos, text, etc.) that weretaken at “The Saratoga” during a preset timeframe (e.g., 24 hours) willbe accessible to users of the messaging system 100 via the selectablepreview 507. The collection of media content items can be the “story”associated with the establishment. As shown in FIG. 5B, the identitycard 505 can also include a timestamp of the media content item that waslast added to the establishment's story (e.g., “12 minutes ago in NewYork”). The establishment details interface can also include a message506 providing news or details about the establishment.

In FIG. 5C, the map interface 500 includes the first avatar 501 and theicon 510 associated with the establishment (e.g., “The Saratoga”). Whenthe first user selects the icon 510, the processor receives theselection of the icon 510 from the first client device and causes theestablishment details interface shown in FIG. 5C to be displayed on thefirst client device. The establishment details interface in FIG. 5Cincludes a message 512 that includes the name and the address of theestablishment. The establishment details interface in FIG. 5C alsoincludes the identity card 505 associated with the establishment. Theidentity card 505 includes the name of the establishment, the type ofestablishment, the price level associated with the restaurant, theselectable save image 508, and the selectable preview 507. The identitycard 505 can also include the timestamp of the media content item thatwas last added to the establishment's story (e.g., “12 minutes ago inNew York”) and a message 506 providing news or details about theestablishment. In contrast to FIG. 5B, the selectable save image 508 isnot active in FIG. 5C (e.g., the selectable save image 508 is anunfilled image of a star). The identity card 505 can further include theprompt message 511 (e.g., “Add to favorites”). In order to send arequest to save the establishment to the first user's database, thefirst user can select the selectable save image 508 on the map interface500 of FIG. 5C. When the first user selects the selectable save image508, the processor can cause the first client device to display the mapinterface 500 shown in FIG. 5D.

In FIG. 5D, the map interface 500 includes the identity card 505 withthe selectable save image 508 that is active to indicate that theestablishment is added to the first user's list of favoriteestablishments. The establishment is thus added to the first user'sdatabase. The active selectable save image 508 can be a filled image ofa star. The map interface 500 in FIG. 5D further includes the enhancedicon 503 in place of the icon 510. In one example, the icon 510 can be atwo-dimensional image while the enhanced icon 503 can be athree-dimensional image. In one embodiment, the enhanced icon 503 can bea larger, more detailed version of the icon 510 or an animated versionof the icon 510.

In one embodiment, the first user can request a list of the favoriteestablishments via a selectable image (not shown) on the map interface500. When the first user selects the selectable image to request thelist, the processor receives the request and causes the list of favoriteestablishments to be displayed on the first client device. The processorcan retrieve the list of favorite establishments from the databaseassociated with the first user. The first user can also select aselectable image (not shown) on the map interface 500 to request thelist of the favorite establishments of a second user. The processorreceives the request, retrieves the list of favorite establishments fromthe database associated with the second user, and cause the list offavorite establishments of the second user to be displayed by the firstclient device.

Software Architecture

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example software architecture606, which may be used in conjunction with various hardwarearchitectures herein described. FIG. 6 is a non-limiting example of asoftware architecture and it will be appreciated that many otherarchitectures may be implemented to facilitate the functionalitydescribed herein. The software architecture 606 may execute on hardwaresuch as machine 700 of FIG. 7 that includes, among other things,processors 704, memory 714, and I/O components 718. A representativehardware layer 652 is illustrated and can represent, for example, themachine 700 of FIG. 7 . The representative hardware layer 652 includes aprocessing unit 654 having associated executable instructions 604.Executable instructions 604 represent the executable instructions of thesoftware architecture 606, including implementation of the methods,components and so forth described herein. The hardware layer 652 alsoincludes memory and/or storage modules memory/storage 656, which alsohave executable instructions 604. The hardware layer 652 may alsocomprise other hardware 658.

As used herein, the term “component” may refer to a device, physicalentity or logic having boundaries defined by function or subroutinecalls, branch points, application program interfaces (APIs), and/orother technologies that provide for the partitioning or modularizationof particular processing or control functions. Components may becombined via their interfaces with other components to carry out amachine process. A component may be a packaged functional hardware unitdesigned for use with other components and a part of a program thatusually performs a particular function of related functions.

Components may constitute either software components (e.g., codeembodied on a machine-readable medium) or hardware components. A“hardware component” is a tangible unit capable of performing certainoperations and may be configured or arranged in a certain physicalmanner. In various exemplary embodiments, one or more computer systems(e.g., a standalone computer system, a client computer system, or aserver computer system) or one or more hardware components of a computersystem (e.g., a processor or a group of processors) may be configured bysoftware (e.g., an application or application portion) as a hardwarecomponent that operates to perform certain operations as describedherein. A hardware component may also be implemented mechanically,electronically, or any suitable combination thereof. For example, ahardware component may include dedicated circuitry or logic that ispermanently configured to perform certain operations.

A hardware component may be a special-purpose processor, such as aField-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or an Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit (ASIC). A hardware component may also includeprogrammable logic or circuitry that is temporarily configured bysoftware to perform certain operations. For example, a hardwarecomponent may include software executed by a general-purpose processoror other programmable processor. Once configured by such software,hardware components become specific machines (or specific components ofa machine) uniquely tailored to perform the configured functions and areno longer general-purpose processors. It will be appreciated that thedecision to implement a hardware component mechanically, in dedicatedand permanently configured circuitry, or in temporarily configuredcircuitry (e.g., configured by software) may be driven by cost and timeconsiderations.

A processor may be, or in include, any circuit or virtual circuit (aphysical circuit emulated by logic executing on an actual processor)that manipulates data values according to control signals (e.g.,“commands”, “op codes”, “machine code”, etc.) and which producescorresponding output signals that are applied to operate a machine. Aprocessor may, for example, be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), aReduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor, a ComplexInstruction Set Computing (CISC) processor, a Graphics Processing Unit(GPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit (ASIC), a Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC)or any combination thereof. A processor may further be a multi-coreprocessor having two or more independent processors (sometimes referredto as “cores”) that may execute instructions contemporaneously.

Accordingly, the phrase “hardware component” (or “hardware-implementedcomponent”) should be understood to encompass a tangible entity, be thatan entity that is physically constructed, permanently configured (e.g.,hardwired), or temporarily configured (e.g., programmed) to operate in acertain manner or to perform certain operations described herein.Considering embodiments in which hardware components are temporarilyconfigured (e.g., programmed), each of the hardware components need notbe configured or instantiated at any one instance in time. For example,where a hardware component comprises a general-purpose processorconfigured by software to become a special-purpose processor, thegeneral-purpose processor may be configured as respectively differentspecial-purpose processors (e.g., comprising different hardwarecomponents) at different times. Software accordingly configures aparticular processor or processors, for example, to constitute aparticular hardware component at one instance of time and to constitutea different hardware component at a different instance of time. Hardwarecomponents can provide information to, and receive information from,other hardware components. Accordingly, the described hardwarecomponents may be regarded as being communicatively coupled. Wheremultiple hardware components exist contemporaneously, communications maybe achieved through signal transmission (e.g., over appropriate circuitsand buses) between or among two or more of the hardware components. Inembodiments in which multiple hardware components are configured orinstantiated at different times, communications between such hardwarecomponents may be achieved, for example, through the storage andretrieval of information in memory structures to which the multiplehardware components have access.

For example, one hardware component may perform an operation and storethe output of that operation in a memory device to which it iscommunicatively coupled. A further hardware component may then, at alater time, access the memory device to retrieve and process the storedoutput. Hardware components may also initiate communications with inputor output devices, and can operate on a resource (e.g., a collection ofinformation). The various operations of example methods described hereinmay be performed, at least partially, by one or more processors that aretemporarily configured (e.g., by software) or permanently configured toperform the relevant operations. Whether temporarily or permanentlyconfigured, such processors may constitute processor-implementedcomponents that operate to perform one or more operations or functionsdescribed herein. As used herein, “processor-implemented component”refers to a hardware component implemented using one or more processors.Similarly, the methods described herein may be at least partiallyprocessor-implemented, with a particular processor or processors beingan example of hardware. For example, at least some of the operations ofa method may be performed by one or more processors orprocessor-implemented components.

Moreover, the one or more processors may also operate to supportperformance of the relevant operations in a “cloud computing”environment or as a “software as a service” (SaaS). For example, atleast some of the operations may be performed by a group of computers(as examples of machines including processors), with these operationsbeing accessible via a network (e.g., the Internet) and via one or moreappropriate interfaces (e.g., an Application Program Interface (API)).The performance of certain of the operations may be distributed amongthe processors, not only residing within a single machine, but deployedacross a number of machines. In some exemplary embodiments, theprocessors or processor-implemented components may be located in asingle geographic location (e.g., within a home environment, an officeenvironment, or a server farm). In other exemplary embodiments, theprocessors or processor-implemented components may be distributed acrossa number of geographic locations.

In the exemplary architecture of FIG. 6 , the software architecture 606may be conceptualized as a stack of layers where each layer providesparticular functionality. For example, the software architecture 606 mayinclude layers such as an operating system 602, libraries 620,applications 616 and a presentation layer 614. Operationally, theapplications 616 and/or other components within the layers may invokeapplication programming interface (API) API calls 608 through thesoftware stack and receive messages 612 in response to the API calls608. The layers illustrated are representative in nature and not allsoftware architectures have all layers. For example, some mobile orspecial purpose operating systems may not provide aframeworks/middleware 618, while others may provide such a layer. Othersoftware architectures may include additional or different layers.

The operating system 602 may manage hardware resources and providecommon services. The operating system 602 may include, for example, akernel 622, services 624 and drivers 626. The kernel 622 may act as anabstraction layer between the hardware and the other software layers.For example, the kernel 622 may be responsible for memory management,processor management (e.g., scheduling), component management,networking, security settings, and so on. The services 624 may provideother common services for the other software layers. The drivers 626 areresponsible for controlling or interfacing with the underlying hardware.For instance, the drivers 626 include display drivers, camera drivers,Bluetooth® drivers, flash memory drivers, serial communication drivers(e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB) drivers), Wi-Fi® drivers, audiodrivers, power management drivers, and so forth depending on thehardware configuration.

The libraries 620 provide a common infrastructure that is used by theapplications 616 and/or other components and/or layers. The libraries620 provide functionality that allows other software components toperform tasks in an easier fashion than to interface directly with theunderlying operating system 602 functionality (e.g., kernel 622,services 624 and/or drivers 626). The libraries 620 may include systemlibraries 644 (e.g., C standard library) that may provide functions suchas memory allocation functions, string manipulation functions,mathematical functions, and the like. In addition, the libraries 620 mayinclude API libraries 646 such as media libraries (e.g., libraries tosupport presentation and manipulation of various media format such asMPREG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG), graphics libraries (e.g., anOpenGL framework that may be used to render 2D and 3D in a graphiccontent on a display), database libraries (e.g., SQLite that may providevarious relational database functions), web libraries (e.g., WebKit thatmay provide web browsing functionality), and the like. The libraries 620may also include a wide variety of other libraries 648 to provide manyother APIs to the applications 616 and other softwarecomponents/modules.

The frameworks/middleware 618 (also sometimes referred to as middleware)provide a higher-level common infrastructure that may be used by theapplications 616 and/or other software components/modules. For example,the frameworks/middleware 618 may provide various graphic user interface(GUI) functions, high-level resource management, high-level locationservices, and so forth. The frameworks/middleware 618 may provide abroad spectrum of other APIs that may be utilized by the applications616 and/or other software components/modules, some of which may bespecific to a particular operating system 602 or platform.

The applications 616 include built-in applications 638 and/orthird-party applications 640. Examples of representative built-inapplications 638 may include, but are not limited to, a contactsapplication, a browser application, a book reader application, alocation application, a media application, a messaging application,and/or a game application. Third-party applications 640 may include anapplication developed using the ANDROID™ or IOS™ software developmentkit (SDK) by an entity other than the vendor of the particular platform,and may be mobile software running on a mobile operating system such asIOS™, ANDROID™ WINDOWS® Phone, or other mobile operating systems. Thethird-party applications 640 may invoke the API calls 608 provided bythe mobile operating system (such as operating system 602) to facilitatefunctionality described herein.

The applications 616 may use built in operating system functions (e.g.,kernel 622, services 624 and/or drivers 626), libraries 620, andframeworks/middleware 618 to create user interfaces to interact withusers of the system. Alternatively, or additionally, in some systemsinteractions with a user may occur through a presentation layer, such aspresentation layer 614. In these systems, the application/component“logic” can be separated from the aspects of the application/componentthat interact with a user.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating components (also referred toherein as “modules”) of a machine 700, according to some exemplaryembodiments, able to read instructions from a machine-readable medium(e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) and perform any one or more ofthe methodologies discussed herein. Specifically, FIG. 7 shows adiagrammatic representation of the machine 700 in the example form of acomputer system, within which instructions 710 (e.g., software, aprogram, an application, an applet, an app, or other executable code)for causing the machine 700 to perform any one or more of themethodologies discussed herein may be executed. As such, theinstructions 710 may be used to implement modules or componentsdescribed herein. The instructions 710 transform the general,non-programmed machine 700 into a particular machine 700 programmed tocarry out the described and illustrated functions in the mannerdescribed. In alternative embodiments, the machine 700 operates as astandalone device or may be coupled (e.g., networked) to other machines.In a networked deployment, the machine 700 may operate in the capacityof a server machine or a client machine in a server-client networkenvironment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed)network environment. The machine 700 may comprise, but not be limitedto, a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), atablet computer, a laptop computer, a netbook, a set-top box (STB), apersonal digital assistant (PDA), an entertainment media system, acellular telephone, a smart phone, a mobile device, a wearable device(e.g., a smart watch), a smart home device (e.g., a smart appliance),other smart devices, a web appliance, a network router, a networkswitch, a network bridge, or any machine capable of executing theinstructions 710, sequentially or otherwise, that specify actions to betaken by machine 700. Further, while only a single machine 700 isillustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include acollection of machines that individually or jointly execute theinstructions 710 to perform any one or more of the methodologiesdiscussed herein.

The machine 700 may include processors 704, memory memory/storage 706,and I/O components 718, which may be configured to communicate with eachother such as via a bus 702. The memory/storage 706 may include a memory714, such as a main memory, or other memory storage, and a storage unit716, both accessible to the processors 704 such as via the bus 702. Thestorage unit 716 and memory 714 store the instructions 710 embodying anyone or more of the methodologies or functions described herein. Theinstructions 710 may also reside, completely or partially, within thememory 714, within the storage unit 716, within at least one of theprocessors 704 (e.g., within the processor's cache memory), or anysuitable combination thereof, during execution thereof by the machine700. Accordingly, the memory 714, the storage unit 716, and the memoryof processors 704 are examples of machine-readable media.

As used herein, the term “machine-readable medium,” “computer-readablemedium,” or the like may refer to any component, device or othertangible media able to store instructions and data temporarily orpermanently. Examples of such media may include, but is not limited to,random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), buffer memory, flashmemory, optical media, magnetic media, cache memory, other types ofstorage (e.g., Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)) and/orany suitable combination thereof. The term “machine-readable medium”should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., acentralized or distributed database, or associated caches and servers)able to store instructions. The term “machine-readable medium” may alsobe taken to include any medium, or combination of multiple media, thatis capable of storing instructions (e.g., code) for execution by amachine, such that the instructions, when executed by one or moreprocessors of the machine, cause the machine to perform any one or moreof the methodologies described herein. Accordingly, a “machine-readablemedium” may refer to a single storage apparatus or device, as well as“cloud-based” storage systems or storage networks that include multiplestorage apparatus or devices. The term “machine-readable medium”excludes signals per se.

The I/O components 718 may include a wide variety of components toprovide a user interface for receiving input, providing output,producing output, transmitting information, exchanging information,capturing measurements, and so on. The specific I/O components 718 thatare included in the user interface of a particular machine 700 willdepend on the type of machine. For example, portable machines such asmobile phones will likely include a touch input device or other suchinput mechanisms, while a headless server machine will likely notinclude such a touch input device. It will be appreciated that the I/Ocomponents 718 may include many other components that are not shown inFIG. 7 . The I/O components 718 are grouped according to functionalitymerely for simplifying the following discussion and the grouping is inno way limiting. In various exemplary embodiments, the I/O components718 may include output components 726 and input components 728. Theoutput components 726 may include visual components (e.g., a displaysuch as a plasma display panel (PDP), a light emitting diode (LED)display, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projector, or a cathode raytube (CRT)), acoustic components (e.g., speakers), haptic components(e.g., a vibratory motor, resistance mechanisms), other signalgenerators, and so forth. The input components 728 may includealphanumeric input components (e.g., a keyboard, a touch screenconfigured to receive alphanumeric input, a photo-optical keyboard, orother alphanumeric input components), point based input components(e.g., a mouse, a touchpad, a trackball, a joystick, a motion sensor, orother pointing instrument), tactile input components (e.g., a physicalbutton, a touch screen that provides location and/or force of touches ortouch gestures, or other tactile input components), audio inputcomponents (e.g., a microphone), and the like. The input components 728may also include one or more image-capturing devices, such as a digitalcamera for generating digital images and/or video.

In further exemplary embodiments, the I/O components 718 may includebiometric components 730, motion components 734, environmentalenvironment components 736, or position components 738, as well as awide array of other components. One or more of such components (orportions thereof) may collectively be referred to herein as a “sensorcomponent” or “sensor” for collecting various data related to themachine 700, the environment of the machine 700, a user of the machine700, or a combination thereof.

For example, the biometric components 730 may include components todetect expressions (e.g., hand expressions, facial expressions, vocalexpressions, body gestures, or eye tracking), measure biosignals (e.g.,blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, perspiration, or brainwaves), identify a person (e.g., voice identification, retinalidentification, facial identification, fingerprint identification, orelectroencephalogram based identification), and the like. The motioncomponents 734 may include acceleration sensor components (e.g.,accelerometer), gravitation sensor components, rotation sensorcomponents (e.g., gyroscope), and so forth. The environment components736 may include, for example, illumination sensor components (e.g.,photometer), temperature sensor components (e.g., one or morethermometer that detect ambient temperature), humidity sensorcomponents, pressure sensor components (e.g., barometer), acousticsensor components (e.g., one or more microphones that detect backgroundnoise), proximity sensor components (e.g., infrared sensors that detectnearby objects), gas sensors (e.g., gas detection sensors to detectionconcentrations of hazardous gases for safety or to measure pollutants inthe atmosphere), or other components that may provide indications,measurements, or signals corresponding to a surrounding physicalenvironment. The position components 738 may include location sensorcomponents (e.g., a Global Position system (GPS) receiver component),altitude sensor components (e.g., altimeters or barometers that detectair pressure from which altitude may be derived), orientation sensorcomponents (e.g., magnetometers), and the like. For example, thelocation sensor component may provide location information associatedwith the system 700, such as the system's 700 GPS coordinates and/orinformation regarding a location the system 700 is at currently (e.g.,the name of a restaurant or other business).

Communication may be implemented using a wide variety of technologies.The I/O components 718 may include communication components 740 operableto couple the machine 700 to a network 732 or devices 720 via coupling722 and coupling 724 respectively. For example, the communicationcomponents 740 may include a network interface component or othersuitable device to interface with the network 732. In further examples,communication components 740 may include wired communication components,wireless communication components, cellular communication components,Near Field Communication (NFC) components, Bluetooth® components (e.g.,Bluetooth® Low Energy), Wi-Fi® components, and other communicationcomponents to provide communication via other modalities. The devices720 may be another machine or any of a wide variety of peripheraldevices (e.g., a peripheral device coupled via a Universal Serial Bus(USB)).

Moreover, the communication components 740 may detect identifiers orinclude components operable to detect identifiers. For example, thecommunication components 740 may include Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) tag reader components, NFC smart tag detection components,optical reader components (e.g., an optical sensor to detectone-dimensional bar codes such as Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code,multi-dimensional bar codes such as Quick Response (QR) code, Azteccode, Data Matrix, Dataglyph, MaxiCode, PDF417, Ultra Code, UCC RSS-2Dbar code, and other optical codes), or acoustic detection components(e.g., microphones to identify tagged audio signals). In addition, avariety of information may be derived via the communication components740, such as, location via Internet Protocol (IP) geo-location, locationvia Wi-Fi® signal triangulation, location via detecting an NFC beaconsignal that may indicate a particular location, and so forth.

Where a phrase similar to “at least one of A, B, or C,” “at least one ofA, B, and C,” “one or more A, B, or C,” or “one or more of A, B, and C”is used, it is intended that the phrase be interpreted to mean that Aalone may be present in an embodiment, B alone may be present in anembodiment, C alone may be present in an embodiment, or that anycombination of the elements A, B and C may be present in a singleembodiment; for example, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C.

Changes and modifications may be made to the disclosed embodimentswithout departing from the scope of the present disclosure. These andother changes or modifications are intended to be included within thescope of the present disclosure, as expressed in the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system comprising: a processor; and a memoryhaving instructions stored thereon, when executed by the processor,causes the system to perform operations comprising: causing a mapinterface to be displayed on a first client device, the map interfaceincluding an avatar of a first user at a location on the map displaybased on a location information of the first client device and an iconassociated with an establishment; and in response to receiving a requestfrom the first client device to save the establishment in a databaseassociated with the first user or in response to determining that theestablishment is saved in a database associated with a second user thatis a connection of the first user, causing the icon associated with theestablishment and displayed in the map interface to be enhanced inappearance.
 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the database associatedwith the first user includes a list of favorite establishments, whereinthe favorite establishments include establishments that have beenpreviously saved by the first user.
 3. The system of claim 2, whereinthe favorite establishments include establishments that have beenpreviously saved by the second user.
 4. The system of claim 1, whereinthe system to perform operations further comprising: causing anestablishment detail interface on the establishment to be displayed onthe first client device, wherein the establishment detail interfaceincludes a name of the establishment and a selectable image.
 5. Thesystem of claim 4, wherein the system to perform operations furthercomprising: causing the selectable image to change to indicate that theestablishment is saved to the database.
 6. The system of claim 1,wherein the system to perform operations further comprising: causing anestablishment detail interface on the establishment to be displayed onthe first client device, wherein the establishment detail interfaceincludes a message indicating that the establishment is recommended tothe first user or that the establishment is saved by the second user. 7.The system of claim 6, wherein the establishment detail interfaceincludes a name of the establishment and a selectable image thatindicates that the establishment is saved to the database.
 8. The systemof claim 1, wherein the system to perform operations further comprising:causing the icon that is animated to change in appearance to become alarger, more detailed version of the icon that is associated with theestablishment.
 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system to performoperations further comprising: causing the icon that is animated tochange in appearance from being a two-dimensional icon to athree-dimensional enhanced establishment icon displayed in the mapinterface.
 10. A method comprising: causing a map interface to bedisplayed on a first client device, the map interface including anavatar of a first user at a location on the map display based on alocation information of the first client device and an icon associatedwith an establishment; and in response to receiving a first selectionfrom the first client device that indicates a request to save theestablishment in a database associated with the first user or inresponse to determining that the establishment is saved in a databaseassociated with a second user that is a connection of the first user,causing the icon associated with the establishment and displayed in themap interface to be enhanced in appearance.
 11. The method of claim 10,wherein the database associated with the first user includes a list offavorite establishments, wherein the favorite establishments includeestablishments that have been previously saved by the first user. 12.The method of claim 11, wherein the favorite establishments includeestablishments that have been previously saved by the second user. 13.The method of claim 12, further comprising: causing the list of favoriteestablishments to be displayed on the first client device.
 14. Themethod of claim 10, further comprising: causing an establishment detailinterface on the establishment to be displayed on the first clientdevice, wherein the establishment detail interface includes a name ofthe establishment and a selectable image.
 15. The method of claim 14,further comprising: causing the selectable image to change to indicatethat the establishment is saved to the database.
 16. The method of claim10, further comprising: causing an establishment detail interface on theestablishment to be displayed on the first client device, wherein theestablishment detail interface includes a message indicating that theestablishment is recommended to the first user or that the establishmentis saved by the second user.
 17. The method of claim 16, wherein theestablishment detail interface includes a name of the establishment anda selectable image that indicates that the establishment is saved to thedatabase.
 18. The method of claim 10, further comprising: causing theicon that is animated to change in appearance to become a larger, moredetailed version of the icon that is associated with the establishment.19. The method of claim 10, further comprising: causing the icon that isanimated to change in appearance from being a two-dimensional icon to athree-dimensional enhanced establishment icon displayed in the mapinterface.
 20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium havingstored thereon, instructions when executed by a processor, causes theprocessor to perform operations comprising: causing a map interface tobe displayed on a first client device, the map interface including anavatar of a first user at a location on the map display based on alocation information of the first client device and an icon associatedwith an establishment; and in response to receiving a request from thefirst client device to save the establishment in a database associatedwith the first user or in response to determining that the establishmentis saved in a database associated with a second user that is aconnection of the first user, causing the icon associated with theestablishment and displayed in the map interface to be enhanced inappearance.